Boxing news: Dillian Whyte reveals legal DOPING theory behind shock Anthony Joshua loss

That’s according to Anthony Joshua’s former opponent Dillian Whyte, who believes that AJ was affected by the fact he wasn’t able to dope with a therapeutic use exemption [TUE].

Whyte has stated before that he believes Joshua has “legally juiced” by gaining TUEs as a means to take banned substances.

Joshua was stopped in the seventh round of his American debut with Ruiz Jr, losing his world title belts in the process.

Whyte, who lost to Joshua by knockout back in 2015, believes Joshua looked uninterested.

“He seemed scared, not bothered, he was running, he was jabbing out of range, he was retreating, he had his left hand down,” he said on his official YouTube channel.

“When he got hurt he didn’t know whether to hold or tie up. He seemed like he wasn’t bothered, like he didn’t want to be there.

“Maybe he couldn’t deal with the pressure anymore, he just seemed like he was there to collect his money. He said he was the landlord but he failed to collect the rent.”

Whyte then posed the theory that Joshua wasn’t taking banned substances and that’s why he performed so poorly .

Joshua could be heard on camera asking his trainer Rob McCracken “why do I feel like this?” after the sixth round.

“He said to his coach ‘why do I feel like this?’, because you’re in America with the VADA testing and you’re not on the juice that’s why,” Whyte added.

“It’s harder to get therapeutic use exemptions [TUE] in America than the UK, that’s why.”

Whyte did find the time to praise Joshua, however, noting that he thought a rematch would go in AJ’s favour.

He also stated that Joshua’s former world title and olympic gold credentials would help him come back better than ever.

“He’ll live and learn, at the end of the day I’ve had a loss, he’s big and strong enough to come back, he’s an olympic champion, former world champion, he’ll be back bigger and stronger,” Whyte said.

“I still believe he will beat Andy Ruiz Jr in the rematch, you need to look at his camp, he needs to look at what he did wrong, where he went wrong.

“He’s got a very experienced camp with Rob McCracken behind him. Maybe he should have gone to America two months or a month before the fight, you don’t know.”

source: express.co.uk